In order to make our energy system CO₂-neutral, the production of green hydrogen and its further processing into basic chemicals and synthetic fuels on an industrial global scale is absolutely necessary. However, such a hydrogen economy can only be achieved with innovative leaps in synthetic chemistry. Novel catalysts and catalytic processes are the key.

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) have partnered to establish a cutting-edge catalysis laboratory within our research building in Adlershof. We provide ideal conditions for advancing research on catalysts, essential for sustainable technologies like “green” hydrogen production.

This collaboration fosters interdisciplinary innovation, leveraging thin-film technologies, additive manufacturing, and nanostructuring methods to develop energy materials. With its unique setup and focus on integration, CSMB strengthens Berlin’s position as a leader in catalysis research.

Partner:

    
CatLab (HZB, FHI, MPI CEC), HU-Berlin

Coordination:

Dr. Steffi Hlawenka

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Since August 2018, the HZB-group of Prof. Eva Unger and the group of Prof. Dr. Emil List-Kratochvil from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, have cooperated on the long-term project “Generative manufacturing processes for hybrid components” (GenFab).

They develop large scale (opto)electronic devices, printed solar cells and components fabricated by printing and solution-based methods from hybrid materials: from transparent conductive electrodes to memory devices, transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells and sensor applications.

To enforce the synergy between their research groups, they decided to establish a new jointly used lab space for GenFab based in the CSMB research building.

The Joint Laboratory for Advanced Magneto-Transport is a facility of the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. It combines the excellent equipment and complementary scientific expertise of both institutions to provide state-of-the-art high magnetic field and low temperature infrastructure for solid state physics and materials science research and to make it available to both institutions and their partners with the aim of investigating modern electronic materials and materials, in particular nano- and quantum structures in the field of electronics and photonics.
JAMA celebrates its opening on January 29, 2025.

Partner:

 
IKZ, HU Berlin (CSMB & Dept.Phys.)

Scientific Coordination:

Prof. Dr. Saskia F. Fischer (HU Berlin)
Dr. Andreas Fiedler (IKZ)

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The development of functional quantum materials is a high-priority challenge in material science. 2D materials, in particular, offer great potential, but their full functionality is unlocked through novel heterostructures. The strategic cooperation “Layer transfer for 2D-heterostructures” aims to achieve this. Layer transfer allows combining crystalline materials without limitations like lattice mismatch or crystal symmetry, enabling the creation of innovative heterostructures. For 2D crystals like graphene, TMDC, or hBN, material properties can be tailored by stacking order and orientation. This new “bottom-up” method is key to advancing quantum materials and material sovereignty in Berlin.

Partner:

 
IKZ, HU Berlin

Coordination:

PD Dr. Sylke Blumstengel (HU Berlin)
Dr. Jens Martin (IKZ)

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To foster the longstanding collaboration between the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) and Prof. Dr. Norbert Koch, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, both set up the ‘Joint Laboratory for Novel 2D Materials Synthesis and Electron Spectroscopy – JL-2DSES’ on the Adlershof campus in 2024. The aim of JL-2DSES is to provide state-of-the-art materials synthesis and electron spectroscopy infrastructure for solid-state physics and materials science on novel two-dimensional (2D) materials. The focus lies on molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for the generation of extremely thin crystalline (hetero)structures and photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) as a surface-sensitive method of chemical and band structure analysis.

The JL-2DSES offers a unique research environment for university and non-university research institutions on the Adlershof campus and in Berlin. In addition to the opportunity to cooperate with partners in the field of materials and device production, new perspectives for interdisciplinary approaches to materials synthesis and characterization emerge. The JL-2DSES is intended to be a point of contact for scientific institutions and industry for questions relating to the electron spectroscopy of modern electronic materials, particularly in the fields of electronics, optoelectronics and photonics, as well as the synthesis of 2D materials. JL-2DSES is designed for the long term with the intention to coordinate in the best possible way the complementary human and material resources available to the IKZ and the HU while generating synergies for research, teaching and training.

Partner:

 
IKZ, HU Berlin

Coordination:

Prof. Dr. Norbert Koch (HU Berlin)

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